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.Fame 23, 3956 J. usxNGER ZSLGB PARTITIONS Filed Mayl 18, 1955 er( Y 8/ L! /1 /J A if W l i// INVENTOR 8 JOSEPH USINGER,

4- s@ BY a Uf? ATTORNE Y United States Patent O PARTITIONS Joseph Usinger, Salt Lake City, Utah Application May 18, 1953, Serial No. 355,457

1 Claim. (Cl. 10S-376) My invention consists in a new and useful improvement 'm partitions and is designed more particularly to provide partitions for railroad box cars, large highway trucks, trailers, etc., or any large vehicle for transfer of freight. The purpose of the invention is to provide partitions whereby the storage space of the vehicle can be subdivided into suitable areas for the freight to be stowed therein so that means is provided for readily holding the freight in place to prevent movement causing damage. The particularly novel feature of my improved device is the combination of pairs of channel irons which can be mounted, iixedly or removably, in the vehicle, and a plurality of planks removably mounted in the channel irons and forming the partition. I also provide means for mounting the planks in relative spaced assembly.

While I have shown in the drawings and hereinafter fully described certain specific embodiments of my invention, it is to be distinctly understood that I do not consider my invention to be limited to said embodiments but refer for its scope to the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a transverse vertical section of a box-car equipped with my improved device.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the channel irons, with a portion of a plank in place.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of one of the channel irons, the plank being shown in section.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of my device, parts being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the modied form.

As illustrated in the drawings, the form of my device shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 has two channel irons 1 and 2 2,751,863 Patented June 26, 1956 'ice fastened to the side walls W of the box car by bolts 3. Each iron has a base plate 4 and a pair of side anges 5 normal to the plate 4. The anges 5 have registering slots 6 slanted downwardly from the outer edges of the flanges 5. Stops 7 mounted in flanges 5 are to support the planks P. Each stop 7 has parallel side members 7-11 and 7-b and parallel end members 7-c and 7-a'. The side member 7a rests at the bottom of the registering pair of slots 6 in the flanges 5, the side member 7-b rests on the outer edges of the flanges 5, and the end members 7-c and 7-d are engaged against the outer faces of the flanges 5 (Figs. 2 and 3).

The form of my device shown n Figs. 4 and 5 has, for each channel iron, a pair of plates 8 which are mounted on each side wall of the box car by any suitable means such as rivets 9. Each plate 8 has a series of sockets 10 therein in which are received lugs 11 extending from the rear of the base plate 4 of each channel iron.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

In a partition, the combination of a pair of channel irons, each having a base and a pair of flanges extending the full length of the channel normal to the base; means on said irons for mounting said irons in pairs in spaced relation on a pair of supporting media, respectively, each of said anges having a plurality of vertically spaced, angular-ly disposed registering slots, the slots in one channel iron of a pair being aligned in a horizontal plane with the slots in the other channel iron of that pair; a plurality of stops mounted in said slots, each of said stops comprising a closed, rectangular loop having one side in two of said slots in two of said adjacent flanges, respectively, its opposite side resting on the outer edges of said two anges, and its other two sides engaging the outer faces of said two ilanges, respectively; and a plurality of planks, each plank having an end disposed between the ilanges of one of said irons, and resting on one of said stops.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,085,243 Campbell Jan. 27, 1914 1,858,408 McEniry May 17, 1932 2,007,514 Wilson et a1 July 9, 1935 2,468,101 Nampa Apr. 26, 1949 2,640,442 Iohnsen June 2, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 106,533 Austria May 25, 1927 

